Overview
- Dropping the stance on Amazon Prime’s Good Sports with Kenan Thompson and Kevin Hart, Roberts said he would be all right with a cap only if low-spending clubs are required to raise payrolls.
- The comment follows a record $415 million competitive-balance-tax payroll for the Dodgers in 2025, with an estimated luxury-tax bill of about $167 million.
- MLBPA leadership has signaled it will not entertain a salary cap, setting up a major clash with owners when bargaining intensifies.
- The current collective bargaining agreement expires on December 1, 2026, positioning any cap-and-floor framework as a focal point of negotiations.
- The Dodgers’ recent outlays include reported megadeals for Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto, and league payroll disparities range from Los Angeles and the Mets at the top to the White Sox and Marlins near the bottom.